Hello!

I'm having difficulties in finding a right board to match my needs. Let's see if you'd be able to help.

I'm looking for a smaller volume board to replace Hawk 113 (2016). For light winds conditions I've got Goya Bolt 125, which goes very nicely with my 6.8 and 7.8 freerace sails. For wave conditions I've RRD FSW 96 that matches well with 4.4 and 5.2 NS SuperSession sails.

I'm 73kgs and sailing at Baltic sea. The local site that I'm mostly going has fairly gusty and patchy wind conditions with plenty of chop, and never really good for wave riding. So far in 18-25kts conditions I've until now sailed (and had FUN!) with Hawk and 5.2 Supersession and 6.6 E-type sails. My FSW does not work well in this home location due to patchy wind conditions, but it's awesome for other coastal sites I'm visiting with more consistent wind and waves.

I'm looking for a board that would have sweet spot with 5.7 sail and perform well in challenging 18+ kts conditions. I enjoyed sailing with Hawk due to its loose and playful, yet still well connected feeling. However when wind increases, it requires quite a lot of "active piloting" to keep in control and with its narrow tail learning curve for gybing has been fairly steep (and I'm still far from perfect carving gybe 🙂. Also on litre-wise it's quite close to 125 Bolt (I used to have 133 Gecko before that) and Bolt already covers 6.5+ conditions well.

I've been considering Blast 100 to replace Hawk, but hesitant as the measures are quite close to my 96 FSW (both have 62 cm width). Another options on the list are naturally Jag 94 or 108.
To summarise what I'm after:

Locked down feeling, yet relaxed enough for a full day sailing
Fun and not overly technical to gybe
Capable to handle gusty and choppy conditions = slides well through patchy wind and maintain good control at full speed chop blasting
Matching best 5.5 - 6.5 freerace no-cam sails

What would be your recommendation?